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Gegania

Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Mathildidae

Taxonomy
Gegania was named by Jeffreys (1884) [Sepkoski's age data: K Coni R]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Epitoniidae by Gardner (1947); to Neotaenioglossa by Sepkoski (2002); and to Mathildidae by Harris and Palmer (1947), Sohl (1964), Ladd (1972), Dockery (1993) and Wienrich and Janssen (2007).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1884Gegania Jeffreys
1943Tubena Marwick
1947Gegania Gardner p. 578
1947Gegania Harris and Palmer p. 235
1964Gegania Sohl p. 362
1972Gegania Ladd p. 18
1990Gegania (Tubena) Beu et al. p. 422
1993Gegania Dockery p. 90
2002Gegania Sepkoski
2002Tubena Sepkoski
2007Gegania Wienrich and Janssen p. 733

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
orderHeterostropha()
orderAllogastropodaHaszprunar 1985
superfamilyMathildoideaDall 1889
familyMathildidaeDall 1889
genusGeganiaJeffreys 1884

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Gegania Jeffreys 1884
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†Gegania mississippiensis Dockery 1993
Gegania vibrayeana d'Orbigny 1843
†Tuba bella Conrad
†Tuba manzaneti Stephenson
Invalid names: Tubena Marwick 1943 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: carnivoref
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 07:25:45
Modified: 2009-09-10 09:25:45
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Albian to the top of the Serravallian or 113.00000 to 11.62000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 100.5 Ma

Collections (134 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Albian113.0 - 100.5USA (Kansas) G. sp. (2045)
Albian113.0 - 100.5France (Champagne-Ardenne) Cerithium vibrayeanum (160157)
Campanian83.6 - 72.1USA (North Carolina) G. sp. (7620)
Early/Lower Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Delaware) G. bella (6137)
Early/Lower Campanian - Middle Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Mississippi) G. mississippiensis (7456 32139 32140 32141) G. sp. (6660)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Texas) G. manzaneti (7481 7482)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Israel G. picardi (80989)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Delaware) G. bella, G. sp. (6176) G. sp. (6157 6171 6175)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.5 - 66.0USA (Tennessee) G. parabella (7515)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0USA (Mississippi) G. bella (7506 7600)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0USA (New Jersey) G. sp. (4380)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0USA (Texas) G. manzaneti (7480) G. sp. (205542 205543) G. spp. (205541)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Texas) G. sp. (7560)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Mississippi) G. bella (7586 7590 7591) G. bella prodiga (7487 7592) G. parabella (7609)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Alabama) G. sp. (4259)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Alabama) G. sp. (4175 4177 4180 4197)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (South Carolina) G. sp. (4344)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Texas) G. sp. (4487 4490)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Mississippi) G. sp. (4147 4160)
Danian66.0 - 61.6USA (Texas) G. marylandica (205466)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Belgium G. parvisulcata, G. mathildiaeformis (22931)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Denmark G. rosenkrantzi (176994)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Greenland G. sp. (22943)
Middle Paleocene - Late/Upper Paleocene61.7 - 55.8USA (Texas) G. sp. (84651)
Selandian61.6 - 59.2Greenland G. sp. (22944)
Late/Upper Paleocene58.7 - 55.8USA (Maryland) G. marylandica (91891)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Antarctica (Seymour Island) G. antarctodema (63548)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8USA (Alabama) G. sp. (80785 92269 98277)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8USA (Texas) G. antiquata (7788 84337 178054)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8USA (Maryland) G. marylandica (91117)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3USA (Texas) G. antiquata (2411 90455 90651 205421 205479 205496 205503 205532 205533) G. sp. (205436 205440 205454 205537) G. sp., G. antiquata (205527)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3USA (Mississippi) G. antiquata (2414 2415)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3USA (Alabama) G. antiquata (1438 1439 1443 81224)
Lutetian - Bartonian47.8 - 38.0USA (Texas) G. antiquata (2412 2413)
Lutetian - Bartonian47.8 - 38.0USA (Alabama) G. antiquata (205420) G. sp. (205444)
Bortonian42.6 - 39.1New Zealand Gregania n. sp. (64735)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0France (Île-de-France) G. sulcata (179130)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (South Carolina) G. antiquata (92308 92355 92378)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Mississippi) G. antiquata (2438 2451 205508)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Louisiana) G. antiquata (98787)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Alabama) G. antiquata (2416 2417 2418 2419 2420 2421 2422 2423 2441 81266 90469 90600 205438 205489)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Antarctica (Seymour Island) G. antarctodema (63552)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Texas) G. antiquata (2452 7437 7439 205271 205410 205422 205424 205430 205433 205447 205456 205483 205485 205531) G. sp. (205414 205415 205480 205515) G. sp., G. antiquata (7438 205267)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0New Zealand G. n. sp. (64750)
Kaiatan39.1 - 36.7New Zealand G. n. sp. (67839)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Tonga G. whipplei (43006)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Germany G. cancellata (111599)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Italy G. sulcata (178108)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97USA (Florida) G. acutissima (42367 42443)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Italy G. miocenica (178114)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Germany (North Rhein-Westfalia) G. cancellata (61903)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62USA (Florida) G. sp. (111204)